Miraculous Landing, or the "112!"

Paul Klee

1920 · Watercolor, transferred printing ink, and ink on paper mounted on cardboard · Modern and Contemporary Art

In 1918, Klee evoked the following image in his diary: "The storm on the wheat field was captivating; I'll paint a ship sailing on waves of rye." Klee never painted that picture, but this one seems just as miraculous. A boat of the type of Noah's Ark—the "112"—is moored to a boathouse. The face of the girl in the left window is expressionless; her eyes are closed. Perhaps this "miraculous landing" exists only in her imagination.

Artist

Paul Klee

Date

1920

Medium

Watercolor, transferred printing ink, and ink on paper mounted on cardboard

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984